North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Data Quality Assistant - Band 3 - Fixed term or Secondment opportunity available until the end of March 2026.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Data Quality Team as a Data Quality Assistant. In this role, you will play a key part in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of our data. The Data Quality Team is responsible for implementing robust processes to guarantee high levels of accuracy in data capture, assignment, and validation.
As a Data Quality Assistant, you will be at the forefront of validation efforts, including tasks such as waiting list validation and reviewing SMS text responses. Your work will directly contribute to ensuring that our waiting lists remain current and accurate.
The Data Quality Team operates within a broader department that includes the Contact Centre and Patient Access Team. Our team comprises Data Quality Assistants and Facilitators, all working closely together to enhance the quality of data across a range of digital systems used within the Trust.
Main duties of the job
This role will be integral to supporting the Data Quality Team in working with services to 'get it right first time' (informed data entry). As a Data Quality Assistant, you will be working in clinical systems to identify, process, and correct data quality issues. You will work with the data quality facilitators to implement processes to ensure that data is recorded accurately by clinical and administrative teams.
Tasks will include waiting list validation and reviewing SMS text responses. Your work will directly contribute to ensuring that our waiting lists remain current and accurate.
As a member of the Data Quality Team, you will also be providing advice and guidance to managers and clinical teams across the Trust on data quality or escalating up to the data quality facilitators.
About us
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':
* Being a clinically led organisation
* Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
* A positive patient experience every time
* A great place to work
* Managing our money well
As an organisation, we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* GCSE's including English and Maths
* Knowledge acquired through practical experience or qualification such as basic level of Certificate of Technical Competence (IHRIM), HNC in Business administration or equivalent
* ECDL or equivalent
Experience
* Experience of working with in a health or social care records or information management environment
* Experience of using electronic patient record systems
Knowledge
* Knowledge of records management and the NHS Records Management Code of Practice
* Knowledge of paper and electronic patient record systems and patient administration systems
* Knowledge of Health Records policies and procedures including Data Subject Access, Confidentiality, and Protection of Personal Information
* IT literate with working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
Skills
* Good interpersonal skills and influencing abilities.
* A good level of literacy, numeracy, and written and verbal communication skills
* Interpretation, data collation, and report writing
* Management skills including human resource and budgetary skills
* Works as a member of a team
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